• DOI:10.1057/jphp.2012.14
Corpus ID: 205127920

Deadly AIDS policy failure by the highest levels of the US government: A personal look back 30 years later for lessons to respond better to future epidemics

@article{Francis2012DeadlyAP,
  title={Deadly AIDS policy failure by the highest levels of the US government: A personal look back 30 years later for lessons to respond better to future epidemics},
  author={D. Francis},
  journal={Journal of Public Health Policy},
  year={2012},
  volume={33},
  pages={290-300}
}

• D. Francis
• Published 2012
• Medicine
• Journal of Public Health Policy

Successful control of any dangerous epidemic requires: (i) early understanding of the epidemiology of the disease and (ii) rapid applications of preventive interventions. Through the lack of both policy and financial support, the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was severely handicapped during the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Senior staff of the Reagan Administration did not understand the essential role of Government in disease prevention. Although CDC clearly documented… Expand

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